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True Romance (1993)

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Reviews Counted:43

Fresh:39

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.4/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: When inexperienced call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) is paid to seduce comic-book-nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), she doesn't expect to fall for him. But... When inexperienced call girl Alabama Whitman (Patricia Arquette) is paid to seduce comic-book-nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence Worley (Christian Slater), she doesn't expect to fall for him. But these two lost souls seem to be made for each other and quickly pledge their love, marrying at Detroit's city hall. Clarence discovers some newfound bravado and attempts to retrieve Alabama's possessions from her pimp, Drexl (Gary Oldman), who isn't exactly eager to let Alabama go. Fleeing Drexl's apartment, Clarence not only leaves a trail of bodies, but also inadvertently mistakes a suitcase of uncut cocaine for one with his wife's clothing, and the chase is on. The unlikely newlyweds head for Los Angeles hoping to sell the cocaine and make enough money to leave the country. Unfortunately, they also have to contend with the mob, yuppie drug dealers and the police. Michael Rapaport is amusing as Clarence's best friend who lives with Floyd, a stoner played by Brad Pitt. A sedate Dennis Hopper appears as Clarence's father, who ultimately faces off with mob boss Vincenzo Coccotti (Christopher Walken). Director Tony Scott (CRIMSON TIDE, ENEMY OF THE STATE) does justice to the violence and quirkiness of Quentin Tarantino's second feature film script. [More]

Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer

Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Michael Rapaport, Christopher Walken, Samuel L. Jackson, Bronson Pinchot, James Gandolfini, Christopher Penn, Tom Sizemore, Kevin Corrigan

Director: Tony Scott

Director: Tony Scott
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino

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The movie is exciting, thanks to the script, but when it comes to the bullet-ridden showdown, Scott shows it in fast cuts, without giving us a perspective of the action or the space. It's ruined.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

If the romance seldom seems 'true', the spiralling violence (script, Quentin Tarantino) does succeed, in a brutish, cod-Jacobean kind of way.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

True Romance, despite not displaying Tarantino at his best, is still a Tarantino film and it delivers the goods to all those who expect some stylish entertainment.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
10/21/02
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Despite Tony Scott's occasional blundering, True Romance is still a visceral roller coaster.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
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A hall of fame guy's movie...[with] a macho '90s ensemble eclipsed only by Glengarry Glen Ross...the monologues--oh, the monologues! [Blu-ray]

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06/01/09
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

If shoot-'em-up, gobble-'em-down movies like The Fugitive and Jurassic Park are rated PG-13 these days, what does an R-rated action adventure look like? Like True Romance: violent to a fault, glam to the max.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment Comment
08/16/09
Richard Corliss
Richard Corliss
TIME Magazine
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Bombards the audience with images of blazing guns, brutal beatings, and lots of gushing blood while telling a twisted and entertaining tale.

Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com | comment Comment
01/02/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Made with such energy, such high spirits, such an enchanting goofiness, that it's impossible to resist.

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01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It plays out like candied noir, with a classic dialogue scene at least once every ten minutes.

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01/01/00
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

The movie may be stylistically visceral, but it's aesthetically corrupt. It might as well have been called Pump Up the Violence.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment 3 Comments
01/01/00
Richard Harrington
Richard Harrington
Washington Post
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If you're in the mood for this sort of absurd, violent nonsense ... True Romance does deliver.

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01/01/00
John Hartl
John Hartl
Film.com
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Too often the bloodbath mentality simply washes away the film's more appealing elements.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment 1 Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

An instant cult classic. Not only is it self-referential, stylish and exciting, it’s also better written than most genre films, with plenty of memorable dialogue, compelling characters and yes, true romance.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

God I wish I had written this movie.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment 1 Comment
12/06/05
Brad Laidman
Brad Laidman
Film Threat

Based on an early script from Tarantino, Tony Scott's wild movie is amour fou for youth of the 1990s, a gutsy, violent, often exciting picture likely to divide film critics.

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01/09/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

This film's various outrages are committed unapologetically, and are very much in the service of its bizarre story.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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insanely transcendent

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05/20/09
Jason McKiernan
Jason McKiernan
Filmcritic.com

...a chase picture, a gangster picture, and a wacky, turbulent romance...sort of a Bonnie and Clyde on speed.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
05/26/09
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The pacing is frantic, and the character interplay generally engaging. Perhaps the problem is that when it's all over, I'm not quite sure whether there was a point beyond a lot of sound and fury signifying nothing.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
rec.arts.movies.reviews

The movie has a kind of goofy charm.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/23/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope
 
 
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